The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-04

"A tornado passed over Upper San
dusky, Ohio, on the afternoon of the
Both ult., doing great damage to trees,
fences, etc. The spire Of the Catholic
Church, 200 feet high, was blown over,
and the front Of the church was
wrecked.
William Showers, SO years OF age,
was arrested at Annville, Lebanon
county, Penna., at midnight on the
Both ult., on the charge of numbering
his grandchildren, William and Samuel,
aged respectively 3 and 5 years. They
were the illegitimate offspring of Show
ers' deceased daughter, and 1t is sup
posed the object of the crime was to
enable the grandfather to marry a
woman who did not want to be burd-
ened with the boys, and who wished to
have them cared for by some other
persons. The children disappeared
about two weeks ago. Their bodies
have been found buried in Showers
yard, with ropes around the necks and
the skulls crushed in, The murderer
has confessed his crime. Samuel
Prinkey fatally stabbed his wife with
a penknife near Connellsville, Penna.,
IN the evening of the 30th ult. They
had been separated for several weeks.
John Matz, aged 26 years, shot and
severely wounded Annie GrIng, and
then committed suicide, in Reading,
Penna.. on the evening of the 30th uit.
The woman was the divorced wife of a
man named Fox, and jealousy caused
the tragedy. G. r. Jackson shot and
killed Peter Fraser, at Albuquerque,
New Mexico, or the 28th ult., in a
fight arising out of an old grudge.
Policeman Thomas Tyrrell shot and
killed James Carroll, "a p~ugnacious
prisoner at Wankegan, Illinois, on
the 31st ult. In Detroit, on the Both
ult., William b. Dolan interfered with
Policeman John Klebs, who was try
ing to quell a disturbance, and was
shot dead by Klebs. Mrs. Conner,
grandmother of Dolan, died during the
night from the effects of the shock.
There was a cave in, caused by
melting snow, at the Mullen tun-
mel of the Northern Pacific Railroad,
near Butte, Montana, on the 29th ult.,
which may stop the transfer of heavy
freight for some time. The break is
about 70 feet in depth and 100 in
length.
Reports were received in Reading,
Penna., on the 31st ult., from various
points in Berks, Lebanon, Lehigh and
neighboring counties, which show that
''this years wheat will realize only
about half a crop. The destructive
Hessian fly, which had entirely disap-
appeared for the past two years, is
again ravaging the wheat fields, and
acres of it are dying in consequence.
The Colorado beetle, which has Inhab-
tied these counties for the past thir-
teen years. is also doing considerable
damage"
An earthquake shock which
seemed like an underground explo-
sion of great severity" was felt at
jamestown, New York, at 10 O'Clock
on the morning or the 31st nit. Many
people ran out of their houses in alarm.
Another shock of earthquake was felt
at Benson, Arizona, It 11.55 ON the
morning or the Both ult.
The captain of the steamer Plan
ter, at Charleston, South Carolina,
from Georgetown, on the 3lst ult., re-
ported seeing three watersprouts off
South Island. at the mouth of Win
gate Bay. zone very large Il struck
South Island, causing the said to be
torn up and trees to bend as in a hur-
ricane. Captain Hubbard has seen
waterspouts in the Baltic and in the
South Pacific. bnt this was the largest
he ever witnessed"
by a runaway accident IL Kansas
City, Missouri, on the evening of the
Both ult., Mrs. Eleanor Randall was
and Mrs. Charles French and
her daughter, Emily, were fatally liz
iured. Mr.. French was stunned.
Professor Charles Siedhorf and his
wife Matilda, aged respectively 81 and
90 years, after a long and hopeless
with restitution, committed
on the 31st nit, at Union Hid,
New Jersey.
AT Quebec, on the Both ult., three
men, named PIlon, Jeanette and
Madouin. were taken sick while at
work, and, medical aid being procured,
it was learned that they had been poi
5oned. Jeanette and Madouin have
since died, and Pilon is still very sick.
How the men came to be poisoned is a
mystery.
The latest reports of the earth
quake shocks in the City of Mexico
show that a few small houses were
knocked down, several roofs fell in,
and several persons were injured. a
section of the aqueduct was broken,
and the cupola or the Cathedral was
by the shock.
"A mail train and a freight train
,ollided at Shamokln, Penna., ON the
of the 3lst ult., and both
we're badly wrecked. Several persons
injured, among them j. ]. Tin
mons, travelling passenger agent, and
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